A workplace-based HIV self-testing intervention as a determinant for self-testing knowledge, beliefs, and use among unskilled workers in Wakiso Uganda by Gerald Mukisa Nsereko, Khamisi Musanje, Eron Robinah Ayesiga, Loyce Kiiza Kobusingye, Rhoda Namubiru, Moses Sempala, Christine Kiwala, Martin Mabunda Baluku

“…Conclusions Efforts should be directed toward advocating for frequent knowledge sharing about self-testing such as this study has provided among unskilled working populations in Uganda. …”
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Supply Chain Practices and Performance of Institutions: A Case Study of Hotloaf Bakery in Kabale Municipality. by Asiimwe, Elias

“…The study results on the impact of efficient distribution on increased sales in hot loaf bakery in Kabale municipality was; that efficient distribution makes products or services available for use which leads to increased sales, using the right distribution strategy helps in marketing and has a serious impact on business' future success due to increased sales, better distribution channels leads to increased market share and sales volume, efficient distribution involves wholesalers, distributors, and third parties to supply the products customers which lead high sales and efficient distribution is cost-effective in the bakery sales which leads high sales of the bakery. …”
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Effect of Parish Development Model in Enhancing Social Inclusion in Rwerere Town Council Rukungiri District. by Karuhanga, Jeremiah

“…The study recommends organizing monthly or quarterly meetings that allow community members to voice their opinions, share experiences, and provide feedback on ongoing projects. …”
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Multi-Media Tools and Service Delivery in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of Bishop Berham University. by Barigye, Damas

“…It helps the user in providing information from different media on one platform thus enhancing networking and resource sharing. Multimedia can also be seen as educational software involving animations, sounds, and text on CDs and DVDs.Therefore, it is suggested that Bishop Berham University has to focus more on the implementation and optimum utilization of library materials. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…But biologically, as members of the same species, we share the same vulnerability regardless of ethnicity. …”
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Journal of Health and Social Sciences: A reputable, DOAJ-indexed, free, open access journal by Francesco Chirico

“…However, the journal’s research findings must be shared with policy makers, organizations and other researchers, and strong research ethics are essential in converting research into political action. …”
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MUC5B modulation of early oral biofilm glucose metabolism by Carolina Robertsson, Carolina Robertsson, Julia Davies, Gunnel Svensäter, Anders Bay Nord, Niclas Norrström, Claes Wickström

“…The 10 metabolites present in all early biofilms represent a core metabolome shared by A. naeslundii and S. gordonii. Such core metabolomes can be used to detect deviations in future studies. …”
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Dataset of microscale atmospheric flow and pollutant concentration large-eddy simulations for varying mesoscale meteorological forcing in an idealized urban environmentZenodo by Eliott Lumet, Thomas Jaravel, Mélanie C. Rochoux

“…This significant computational effort and associated carbon footprint motivates the sharing of the data generated.The added value of the PPMLES dataset is twofold. …”
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Evaluation of the Education Plan and Activities of Swiss Sport Integrity. A report of a science-practice co-operation. by Christoffer Klenk, Jonas Personeni

“…Results reveal that accepting and including external perspectives, understanding of the framework conditions, mutual trust and engagement, dedicated task specification and distrubition, knowledge and data sharing are perceived beneficial for co-operating. …”
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Marfan Syndrome and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by N. Inayet, J. O. Hayat, A. Kaul, M. Tome, A. Child, A. Poullis

“…Marfan syndrome (MS) is a multisystem disorder caused by a mutation in FBN1 gene. It shares some phenotypic features with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) such as joint hypermobility. …”
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ON THE SPECIFICS OF TEACHING, SCHOOLS AND INTELLECTUAL CENTERS OF PALESTINE OF LATE ANTIQUITY by Zhanna M. Sukhova, Irina Yu. Vashcheva

“…At the same time, the educational and intellectual centers represented one of the most harmonious traditions of combining and symbiosis of Christianity and antiquity. In the sharp intellectual disputes about Christianity, «soft power» of persuasion could be applied, which involved using terms and authority figures familiar to the opponent. …”
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CARBON STOCKS IN PHYTOMASS OF WOODY PLANTS AND COARSE WOODY DEBRIS IN OLD-GROWTH BLUEBERRY PINE FORESTS IN THE NATURAL RESERVE “KIVACH” by A. N. Pekkoev, S. A. Moshnikov, I. V. Romashkin, D. V. Teslya

“…The C stock in CWD in the studied pine forests varies from 9 to 60 m3 ha-1 and averages 40 m3 ha-1. The largest share of CWD is represented by lying and standing deadwood of Scots pine of the 2nd decay class. …”
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Rescue of in vitro models of CSF1R-related adult-onset leukodystrophy by iluzanebart: mechanisms and therapeutic implications of TREM2 agonism by Kelley C. Larson, Frederick W. Gergits, Abigail J. Renoux, Elizabeth J. Weisman, Borislav Dejanovic, Liyue Huang, Bhaumik Pandya, Donald G. McLaren, Berkley A. Lynch, Richard Fisher, Evan Thackaberry, David Gray, Francois Gaudreault, Christian Mirescu

“…Similar functions have also been ascribed to triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), which shares an analogous microglia enrichment profile and converging intracellular signaling pathway mediated by spleen associated tyrosine kinase (SYK) and phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K). …”
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A supervised model to identify wolf behavior from tri-axial acceleration by Charlotte Lorand, Léa Bouet, Olivier Devineau, Marianna Chimienti, Alina L. Evans, Peggy Callahan, Mark Beckel, Timothy G. Laske, Ane Eriksen

“…Results We present: (1) a model classifying fine-scale acceleration data (32 Hz) into 12 distinct behaviors (lying, trotting, stationary, galloping, walking, chewing, sniffing, climbing, howling, shaking, digging and jumping) with a class recall of 0.77–0.99 (0.01–0.91 in cross-validation), (2) a model classifying activity data (5-min averages) into 3 behavior categories (static, locomotion and miscellaneous) with a class recall of 0.43–0.91 (0.39–0.92 in cross-validation). …”
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The Effect of Nintedanib in Post-COVID-19 Lung Fibrosis: An Observational Study by Narongkorn Saiphoklang, Pimchanok Patanayindee, Pitchayapa Ruchiwit

“…Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung fibrosis due to COVID-19 may share many similar features. There are limited data on effects of antifibrotic treatment of infection-related lung fibrosis. …”
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Advancing the Indian cattle pangenome: characterizing non-reference sequences in Bos indicus by Sarwar Azam, Abhisek Sahu, Naveen Kumar Pandey, Mahesh Neupane, Curtis P Van Tassell, Benjamin D Rosen, Ravi Kumar Gandham, Subha Narayan Rath, Subeer S Majumdar

“…Additionally, 70.28% of BICIs are shared with other domesticated and wild species, highlighting their evolutionary significance. …”
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Epigenome-wide association study of Chinese monozygotic twins identifies DNA methylation loci associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate by Xueting Qi, Jingjing Wang, Tong Wang, Weijing Wang, Dongfeng Zhang

“…Results A total of 80 CpGs and 28 DMRs, located at genes such as OLIG2, SYNGR3, LONP1, CDCP1, and SHANK1, achieved genome-wide significance level (FDR < 0.05). …”
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Barriers and Facilitators to User Engagement and Moderation for Web-Based Peer Support Among Young People: Qualitative Study Using the Behavior Change Wheel Framework by Ananya Ananya, Janina Tuuli, Rachel Perowne, Leslie Morrison Gutman

“… BackgroundPeer support groups or web-based chats for young people offer anonymous peer support in judgment-free spaces, where users may share their thoughts and feelings with others who may have experienced similar situations. …”
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Correlation-guided decoding strategy for low-resource Uyghur scene text recognition by Miaomiao Xu, Jiang Zhang, Lianghui Xu, Wushour Silamu, Yanbing Li

“…This hybrid encoding effectively leverages the advantages of both methods: On one hand, the convolutional properties and shared weight mechanism of CNN allow for efficient extraction of local features, reducing dependency on large datasets and minimizing errors caused by similar characters. …”
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Optimal Information Hiding: Advanced Bitstream-Based Watermarking for Secure and Efficient Integration of Image Data in Digital Videos by null Ramyashree, Venugopala P. S., Raghavendra S., null Sarojadevi

“…The constant progress in sharing of data, videos, images, and applications necessitates the implementation of measures focused on security and the protection of intellectual ownership rights. …”
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